RPC VII.2, 3748

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3748
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΓ = year 3
Dating AD 239/40
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ(Ε)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm (horizontally)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 11.65 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 678
2 2     G SNG 4508
3 3     V: GR 25237
4 4     A: 4006 (Demetriou)
5 5     Michigan R. A. Haatvedt and E. E. Peterson, Coins from Karanis: the University of Michigan excavations, 1924–1935 (Ann Arbor, 1964), no. 715, pl. III.23
6 6     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 36, 27 May 2017, lot 249